Usually means: Close competition or alternation; cosmetic surgery.
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  1. nip and tuck: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nip and tuck: Merriam-Webster
  3. nip and tuck: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nip and tuck: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nip and tuck: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nip and tuck: Vocabulary.com
  7. nip and tuck: Wordnik
  8. nip and tuck: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nip and tuck: Wiktionary
  10. nip and tuck: Dictionary.com
  11. Nip and tuck (cosmetic surgery), Nip and tuck: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. nip and tuck: Rhymezone
  13. nip and tuck: FreeDictionary.org
  14. nip and tuck: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. nip-and-tuck, nip and tuck: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nip and tuck: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nip and tuck: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nip and tuck: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See nip_and_tucks as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nip and tuck)

adjective:  (idiomatic) So evenly matched that the advantage shifts from one to the other, and the outcome is uncertain.
adverb:  With the advantage of changing hands, or shifting back and forth among the available alternatives.
noun:  (surgery) Minor cosmetic surgery that tightens loose skin.

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